Expect the text to make sense!

Plan and Monitor
- Skim – preview titles and photos
- Predict -what is it about
- Question - ask yourself "Why?", "Who?" and "What is next?"
- Preview and set a purpose
  - look for clue or hints about the text - preview the text

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- study the photos and captions
- for NON-fiction, look at other graphics such as charts, tables, and graphs
- make personal connections to the text - relate it to your own experiences

Set your Purpose
- for NON-Fiction, write down your questions and look for the answers
- for Fiction, keep your questions in mind, make predictions and confirm or change predictions

Clarifying Ideas
- Note confusion - stop reading when something is unclear or confusing
- Read on - the next part of the text may help you understand
- Reread - read it again
- Identify the main idea
- Break up sentences - look at the parts of the sentences to see how they connect
- Slow down - just read it slower and more carefully
- Relate - connect the text to your own experiences
- For NON-fiction, make a 5W's chart: ask who? what? when? where? why?
- For NON-fiction, take notes answering your 5W's.

Clarifying Vocabulary
- Reread - read it again
- Look for familiar word parts such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots.
- Use what you already know to make connections.
- Context clues - look for other words that may mean the same thing, or a definition of the word. Look especially at the root words.
- Analyze clues - check out what is said, look for a definition
- Check for relationships - look for connections between sentences
- Check out your meaning - substitute or replace the word with one you know in its place to see if it make sense
- Look for examples of the word.

G Reading Strategies